The alarm clock went off and Aria quickly groaned, annoyed at the stupid thing. Why couldn't she just sleep in? It was Saturday after all. But no, even on a Saturday she had to go volunteer at the church. She moved her arm over to shut the alarm clock off and then opened up her eyes. She noticed her bed was a complete mess, pillows all over the place, the sheets out of place, clothes all over the floor. Someone must have gotten busy last night. Then she remembered, she had invited Dr. Whale over and well the usual happened. At least she didn't get drunk, she thought to herself. She got of bed and went to get ready for the day.

She was at the church in about thirty minutes. She opened up the doors and walked in. It was quiet as usual. The nuns were usually either making candles or just wandering around. She started walking around, trying to find Killian. She passed by a mirror that was hanging on the wall and within seconds she found herself checking her appearance, making sure she looked good for him. She didn't really have any make-up on, just some eyeliner and mascara, and her hair was loose, with a French braid on the side. She then stopped herself when she realized what she was doing. "He's a freaking priest" she told herself. This was ridiculous, she needed to stop. She continued on and walked right up to Mother Superior, who to her surprise was walking with Thomas, her ex-husband, and her two kids, Daniel and Melanie. Ariel quickly froze on the spot, not quite sure what to do. She wasn't supposed to be any closer than 50 feet from them, because of the stupid restraining order Thomas had put. Thomas quickly noticed her and stopped, firmly grasping the kid's arms. The two children however, about ten years old quickly had a huge smile on their faces. They started to go towards Aria, but Thomas held them back.

"Hi mom" said Melanie, with a big smile on her face.

"Hi sweetie" said Aria, trying to hold back tears. She didn't want to cry, not in front of him. "What-what are you guys doing here?"

"We just came to drop off our donation" said Thomas coldly. "What are you doing here? Come to ask for forgiveness for your sins?"

"No I um- I am volunteering here now" she said.

Thomas scoffed, and turned his head away from her, turning to Mother Superior. "Well we better get going, have a good day Mother Superior."

Mother Superior nodded at him and left. Thomas and the kids walked past Aria, his grip still tight on their arms, not even letting them give their mother a hug. Aria stood as she watched them leave, her heart sinking. There were many things that she regretted in her life, but that one night of sheer stupidity that had gotten her into so much trouble, ultimately costing her custody of her children, was the one she regretted the most.

She felt a hand resting gently on her shoulder. She turned around and found Killian standing behind her. Aria quickly wiped away her tears, and walked away, needing some privacy.

She went to one of the rooms and locked the door. She then slammed her back against the door and just slowly slid down until she hit the floor. Then she started to cry uncontrollably. She would have continued if it weren't for a voice interrupting her. She looked up and saw Henry was standing in front of her, asking her what was wrong. She wiped away her tears, and asked "henry…. What… what are you doing here?"

"Well I just…. My mom….. I don't know I am just confused right now. I found Emma but she doesn't really seem like she wants to stay. I don't know if she even loves me. And my mom just freaked out last night because I left."

"Come here Henry" she said, motioning for him to sit next to her, which he did.

"It's ok to be confused I mean you have Regina and now you found Emma. I am sure that she wants to be with her Henry. It's just hard you know, after 10 years she sees her kid for the first time. But no mother would ever abandon their child. You just need to give her sometime, that's all. As for Regina, you did give her quite the scare."

"yeah I guess you're right, thanks Ms. Wayland, you always know the right thing to say" he said, smiling at her.

Aria smiled right back. They then heard Killian knocking at the door, and decided it was time they got out of this room.

"I think you should head home Henry, you don't want Regina getting worried again" she said, hugging Henry goodbye. He waved goodbye to Killian, and then left.

Killian smiled and then turned to Aria, looking a bit concerned. "Is everything all right?"

"Yeah, everything is ok. So what are we doing today?"

Killian couldn't stop starting at Ariel and Eric. Well, truth is he couldn't take his eyes off of her. She just looked stunning in her gown. But he still didn't understand how in such a short amount of time she could have turned human. Then he remembered what she said, that her father had given her legs for the night. Killian chuckled to himself. She certainly was a persistent lass, he had to give her that. Ariel quickly glanced over at him, and he quickly turned around, embarrassed. Why was he feeling like this? He had never particularly liked Ariel, but for some reason tonight he just couldn't take his eyes of her. He had always found her attractive but there was just something about human Ariel that he just couldn't resist.

He watched as Ariel clumsily tried to learn how to dance with Eric, how she got upset at herself every time she missed a step, how she giggled whenever Eric said something to her. He decided he needed to go over there, he had had enough of this whole standing around staring at her thing, and surely people would start to notice.

He walked up to Ariel and Eric, and asked if he could step in. Eric eyed him suspiciously, but let him take Ariel's hand, telling her that he would be back in a bit. He turned to Ariel and smiled at her, holding her right hand, and placing his other hand gently on her back.

Ariel wasn't sure why Killian was dancing with her, and frankly she wasn't sure if she wanted to dance with him. But once they started to move she was actually surprised at how well he could dance, unlike her, who just kept stumbling and stepping all over the place. Killian laughed at her at times, amused. But it wasn't a mocking laugh like he usually did, it was just a small, quiet laugh.

"So you're human now huh fish?" he told her.

"Yeah I am" she said.

"Well I must say you look beautiful."

"Thank you".

They looked into each other's eyes, reading each other. Ariel then saw that Killian was leaning towards her. Was he going to kiss her she thought?! She had never kissed a boy before, but she always thought that Eric would be her first kiss. But before she had time to react, Killian's lips were pressed against hers. She was shocked at first, but then she just closed her eyes and went with it, taking in the moment, trying to imitate what his lips did to hers. After a bit he pulled away, unsure of what he had just done. He quickly apologized and just left, leaving Ariel alone in the middle of the ballroom, her fingers gently tracing her lips.